Folding bed



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX s; neutra, QFAsAN rRANoIsco, CALIFORNIA, Assienon rro RALPH: i3.nosNER,

or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Appiicatiqn med May 14, 1919. semi No. 297,024.

To all to kom t may concern Be it known that l, FELIX S. BERTA, 'acitizen ot the United Sta-tes, and a resident of the city and county ofSan Francisco and State of Caliiornia, have invented anew and usefulFolding Bed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding beds, and an object ci? the invention isto provide a bed :trame capable ol heilig folded together so that it andthe tolded mattress may be substituted for the upholstered seat oi: anautoinoliiile in camping trips or similar outings.

"he invention posseses other features of advantage, some ot which, withthe toregoing, will be set ilforth in the iollowing description of thepreferred :lorin of my invention which is illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying and forming part ot the s necii'icationlt is to beunderstood that do not limit myselt to the showing made by the saiddrawings and description, as I may adopt variations of the preferredform within the scope ot my invention as set forth in the claims.

Reterring to the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view ot a portion oli the bed irame when unfolded foruse.

Fig. 2 is a vertical. sectional view taken in plane passinglongitudinally through the unfolded bed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken in a plane passinglongitudinally of the bed through the 'folded bed.

Gn automobile outing trips when it is desired to spend the night in theopen, the problem oi suitable beds has been a difficult one. lt is oneof the objects of my invention to provide suchV a bed, which for thepurpose ot the trip may be substituted for the automobile seat, thefolded mattress being superposed upon the folded bed frame which lies inthe place normally occupied by the bottom portion of the seat.

The bed frame is composed oi tour pivotally connected sections,preferably formed ot angle bars, The iirst or :toot section com prisesan end bar 2 and side bars 3 extending therefrom at right angles forabout onefourth the length oi the bed. The length of the end bar 2determines the width of the bed and this should be a small amount lessthan the width of the seat which the folded bed frame displaces. Thesecond section comprises two side bars a connected by knuckle joints toside bars 3 on the outside.

The pivot pin 6 of each knuckle joint passes side bars il, is similar tothe toot ser tion y `except that it is wider, theside bars being knucklejointed on the pivot pins l2 to and on the outside ott bars 8 in thesame manner that barst areconnected tobars A washer 13.1s interposed oneach piu l2 between the adjacent vertical walls ci the side bars 8 andl1 to space these bars a short distance apart as shown in Fig. l. l

At the outer end oit the head section a leg 14 is pivotally attached toeach side bar, the legs beingbraced and connected Von the inside by flatrails 1G. An inwardly opening knuckle brace 17 connects each leg lettothe acent side bai" l1. A similar leg 18 and brace 19 are arranged tosupport the foot end of the bed trame. Means are provided for supportingthe middle of the trame from the ground and for connecting the sides ofthe frame to prevent the pull of the wire fabric 21 from deforming thesides. Pivotally attached to the horizontal portions of the side bars lnear the center of the bed frame is a brace comprising vertical members22 connected at right angles to horizontal member 23 which liessutilciently below the fabric 2l to clear it when the bed is occupied.An inwardly opening knuckle brace 24 connects each vertical member ofthe brace to the adjacent side bar 4. Legs 26 are attached to thehorizontal member 23 so that in use the bed frame is supported by sixlegs, two in the middle and two at each end. The fabric 21 is of thewell known form and attached by springs 27 to the sections in the usualway..

lVhen extended the structure above described provides a bed frame whichwith the addition of the mattress 28 forms a comfortable bed. Themattress is preferably formed in four sections hinged together as shownin Fig. 2 on alternate sides so as to lpermit of folding to superposethe sections 3. The second section is then turned over into the thirdsection which in turn is y turned over into the head section, the legs16 lying,` between the vertical portions of the side bars 8 and 11. Astrap may then be buckled about the adjacent head and foot end bars tohold the sections'tightly together, and the folded frame placed in theautomobile, the folded mattress being superposed to form a seat.

l/Vhen thus nested together, the sections form a package, as indicatedin Fig. 3 which is substantially the size of any one of the separatesections.

I claim: y 1. A portable iron camp cot or bed, com- Y prising U-shapedhead and foot frame sections, each of angle iron with down-turned sideflanges and inturned top flanges; spring fabric attached to the topflanges; a pair of outer bars attached to the side arms of the headframe section to fold thereunder; an inner pair of side bars attached tothe side arms of the foot section, to overlap the same when collapsed,and attached to the outer bars.

2. A portable iron camp cot or bed, coniprising U-shaped head and footframe scctions, each of angle iron with down-turned side flanges andinturned top flanges; spring fabric attached to the top langcs; a pairof outer bars attached to the side arms of the head frame section tofold thereunder; an inner pair of side bars attached to the side arms ofthe foot section, to overlap the same when collapsed, and attached tothe outer bars, and pairs of transversely braced legs foldably attachedto the end sections and to the inner bars.

3. A portable iron camp cot or bed, comprising Ueshaped head and footframe scctions, each of angle iron with down-turned side flanges andinturned top llanges; spring .fabric attached to the top flanges; a pairof outer bars attached to the side arms of the head frame section tofold thereunder; an inner pair of side bars attached to the side arms ofthe foot section, to overlap the same when collapsed, and attached tothe outer bars, and pairs of transversely braced legs foldably attachedto the end sections and to the inner bars, the pivots of theintermediate pair of legs being: so arranged on the inner bars as topermit of the foot frame to be folded along` the said bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco,California..v this 19th day of April, 1919.

FELIX S. BERTA

